Chapter 41

As long as the Great Han’s golden dragon of fortune does not perish, it is useless.

But Zhang Jiao did not tell his two younger brothers the truth.

He could see that they needed hope.

Even if that hope was extremely slim.

With it, they could have the courage to fight with all their might and make a last stand.

“Haha! That’s great! I knew Heaven would not leave us without a way out; we still have a chance!”

Zhang Liang jumped up in excitement, waving his fists as he shouted.

Although Zhang Bao had some doubts in his heart, he quickly brushed them aside, his heart filled with hope and joy. He immediately stood up and said to Zhang Jiao, “Big Brother! Give the order! We must act quickly!”

“Only by catching the imperial court off guard and occupying Jizhou with lightning speed, then advancing to occupy Henei;”

“And finally breaking through Hulao Pass, will we have the chance to take Luoyang in the shortest possible time and overthrow the Great Han;”

“Time waits for no one!”

“Good!”

Zhang Jiao nodded immediately and began to direct the various units to start their operations.

In an instant, the Taiping Dao in various places, or rather the Yellow Turban Army, began to erupt.

It had the momentum to sweep across the world.

Nanyang, within Dengxian County,

“Kill!!”

“Slaughter the Yellow Turban rebels!!!”

The moment the Taiping Dao within Dengxian County prepared to rise up, they were slaughtered by the county soldiers who had long been lying in ambush everywhere.

The entire Dengxian county seat suffered no losses and returned to stability.

For a time, Su Lie’s prestige among the commoners and the powerful clans of Dengxian rose greatly.

“Bastards!”

When the other Yellow Turban armies outside the Dengxian county seat received word that the Yellow Turban forces inside the county seat had been plotted against in advance and killed,

they were instantly enraged.

They quickly elected a new minor commander, gathered all the Yellow Turban forces within Dengxian, coerced many commoners, and marched toward Dengxian to kill.

Just one day later, they arrived at the city walls.

They began a frenzied siege.

“Boom, boom, boom!!!”

At this moment, the thunderous sound of horse hooves came from their rear.

“What is that sound?”

The minor commander had little experience; how could he know?

When he saw the terrifying iron cavalry charging over from afar, he felt as if his soul were about to leave his body.

Breaking out in a cold sweat, he roared in panic, “Cavalry! Quick! Get them down! Block them!!”

Most of the Yellow Turban soldiers here were coerced commoners.

Under Su Lie’s governance, life in Dengxian was decent, so they had even less will to fight; one can imagine the combat effectiveness of this Yellow Turban army.

Hearing the minor commander’s shout, those coerced commoners began to take the opportunity to scatter and flee, having no time to care about the real Yellow Turban soldiers.

In just a moment, before Su Xuan could even arrive with his iron cavalry, more than half of the Yellow Turban army had already collapsed.

The remaining real Yellow Turban soldiers only then thought of fleeing.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

The iron cavalry arrived.

“Kill!”

Following Su Xuan’s order, with Su Xuan, Huang Zhong, Wen Pin, and Old Dian Wei as the core, they directly drew upon the Qi and blood of the three thousand iron cavalry to form four military formations, which were then combined into one under Su Xuan’s command.

Instantly, a towering blood-red phantom condensed.

Following Su Xuan’s movement, the giant blood-red halberd in the phantom’s hand smashed heavily into the Yellow Turban formation.

“Boom!!”

A giant crater with a diameter of over twenty meters and a depth of several meters appeared.

The hundreds of Yellow Turban soldiers within this range were directly turned into mist and vanished.

Even those within ten meters of the crater were blown away by the terrifying shockwave.

Those close by bled from their seven orifices and died on the spot.

Those further away fared slightly better; although they also bled from their seven orifices, they only suffered some concussive internal injuries and did not die immediately.

“Hiss!!”

The Dengxian garrison soldiers who witnessed this scene collectively gasped, their faces turning pale.

They were clearly terrified by the power of the military formation.

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“Young Master Su Xuan is mighty! Young Master Su Xuan is mighty!!”

At this moment, a platoon leader on the city wall who hailed from the Su household had a flash of inspiration and immediately raised his fist, roaring loudly.

The dozens of county soldiers beside him who were also from the household reacted, following suit and roaring in cheers!!

“Young Master Su Xuan is mighty!”

“Young Master Su Xuan is mighty!!”

“.....”

Influenced by them, countless county soldiers began to cheer in unison, chanting Su Xuan’s name.

“When did Su Boyuan train such a terrifying iron cavalry?”

“They even condensed a military formation; does it have to be this terrifying?”

County Commandant Cai Xin thought to himself, his face full of shock.

Even with training methods, military formations could only be achieved by the most elite, battle-hardened troops.

Moreover, the requirements for the commander were extremely high.

Su Xuan was only a seventeen-year-old youth; how did he manage it?

“What’s going on? Why are those county soldiers cheering?”

“What else could it be? Wasn’t the city surrounded by Yellow Turban rebels outside? The County Magistrate’s eldest son, Lord Su Xuan, has arrived with the village braves formed from family guards! He’s suppressing the Yellow Turban rebels! Hehe!”

“Really? Young Master Su Xuan is actually that formidable?”

“The County Magistrate has raised a good son!”

“....”

There were quite a few people in the city saying such things, all arranged by Su Lie.

It was all to build a reputation for Su Xuan.

Soon, more and more commoners in the city learned of this news.

They began to praise Su Xuan one after another.

“Kill!!”

Su Xuan naturally heard the cheers from the city walls.

But he didn’t pay them any mind for the moment, instead leading his army to continue slaughtering the remaining Yellow Turban rebels.

However, because those Yellow Turban soldiers were scared out of their wits and fleeing in all directions, Su Xuan did not continue to consolidate the three-thousand-man formation.

Instead, he split the formation back into four, handed them to Huang Zhong and the others, and ordered them to pursue and kill.

In less than half an hour, the remaining Yellow Turban soldiers were slaughtered to the last man.

And their own losses were basically non-existent.

Only a few unlucky ones had some scrapes on their feet, or, due to being too excited during the battle, had used too much force and torn a small cut in the webbing between their thumbs and forefingers.

By the time the battle ended, they were almost fully healed.

“Is this Yellow Turban Army just a bit too weak?”